Thank you for the reply; I'll keep my eyes open for a Booth name connection. Happy hunting. Gary in Berkeley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norma Thornton" <nonie@pacbell.net> To: <mocedar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 9:40 PM Subject: Re: [MOCEDAR] Cedar Springs (Balm) - and BOOTH question >I hear ya ... that's why I didn't go into my BOOTH lineage in the first > post :-) > > My husband's family gave their kids middle names such as Washington and > Lafayette, for those same reasons. Sure screws one up while trying to > figure out why those names...LOL > > Rumor has it we're related to John Wilkes, but no proof as of yet. > > Good luck with all your searching. > > Norma > > Gary Smith wrote: > >>Norma, >> Peter's mother was a HARTMAN. I've seen no connection anywhere in my >>family with the name 'BOOTH', or it would have leapt out at me, as the >>name >>does have a sensational 1860s connection. It is intriguing... >> Use of that surname for a given name could be as simple as an example >>later when Peter's son Ira named my father 'Wellman' as a show of respect >>to >>an army officer he had known and admired. >> Cheers, >> Gary >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Norma Thornton" <nonie@pacbell.net> >>To: <mocedar@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 9:34 AM >>Subject: Re: [MOCEDAR] Cedar Springs (Balm) - and BOOTH question >> >> >> >> >>>Gary, what ties to do you have to the BOOTH surname, if any? Since it >>>was common practice to give their child the mother's surname as a middle >>>name, is, that what happened >>>with your g'fa? >>> >>>Norma Thornton >>>CA >>> >>> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOCEDAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >